Halter



.(No Model.)

lNo. 415,546.

J. B. MlToHBLL. HALTER.

Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.I OIfIN- I3. MITCHELL, OE IPSWICII, MASSACHUSETTS.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,546, datedNovember 19, 1889.

Application filed April l1, 1889. Serial No. 306,826. (No model.)

VHalter, of which the following is a specification.

`to corresponding This inventionrelates to cattle-hitching de- Vices ofthat class intended for usein stables, barns, and vthe like; and itconsists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figurel is a perspective View of my improved halter complete. Fig. 2 isan enlarged central longitudinal section of the hook and staple. Fig.

3 is an enlarged plan View of the plate and the knot` for tying the ropehalter therein. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the staple.

The same letters of reference are applied parts in the several viewsofthe drawings.

The letter S designates a staple driven, bolted, or screwed into a beamB of the stall, At the center ot' its front end it is cut away orrecessed on its upper face, as at 8, for a purpose to be hereinafterspecified.

H is a hook having a point, as h, and bent over nearly against the body,leavinga space 7L therebetween only a trifle largerthan the thickness ofthe staple at the point where the cut-away portion s is located.

G is a chain connected to an eye in the opposite end of the hook andleading to a similar eye in the inner end of a bar R, the lat ter havinga squared body r, a rounded portion 7", and head r2 at its out-er end.

C is a cord,'rope, or other halter knotted at 7o at one end, passedthrough an eye I in a plate P looped in its body, and at its other endpassed A,again through another eye I in said plate. The plate P isswiveled upon the rounded shank 0'" of the bar R, the free end of thehalter-rope C tied in any suitable manner into the eye therein, throughwhich it is passed, and the whole device is ready for use.

I prefer to use the form of knot shown in Fig. 3 for tying the rope intothe plate P.

This knot is especially adapted for use in this connection, and repeatedexperi mentand longcontinued usage have led me to believe it is the bestknot that can be used, as it is quickly tied or untied or adjusted, anddoes not wear the rope either upon itself or upon the corners of theeyes in the plate P, yet at the same time isahrm and unyieldingknot. Therope C is first passed inwardly at c, through one of the eyes I, (ofwhich there are two at this side of the swivel,) then bent over andpassed outwardly throughthe other eye, as at c', then bent around theedge of the plate at c2, and passed laterally across the inner face ot'said plate beneath the loop of the rope between the two holes I I, allas plainly illustrated in the drawings, and as will be clearly, obviousto a person skilled in the art.

My improved halter having been .constructed as above described, and astaple driven at about thirty inches height from the ground into someconveniently-located beam in the stall wherein it is desired to fastenthe animal, the rope C is first knotted at one end,

as at 7c, and its body passed through the single eye I in the plate P.It is then passed around the neck of the animal, its free end passedinwardly, preferably through the outer of the two eyes I, near the otherend of the plate P, passed outwardly through the re' chain G is thengrasped in the hand ot` the attendant, and the animal can be led towater or elsewhere. Vhen it is desired to fasten him in his stall he isled thereinto, the hook H passed upwardly behind and into the staple S,and then brought forward, so that the space h passes over the reducedportion s of the staple. The body of the hook is then released, and itsweight, which is comparatively considerable, together with that of thechain G, turns it downwardly around the staple S, so that the space h nolonger stands in alignment with the reduced portion s, and all liabilityof accidental and automatic disengagement is avoided.

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avail himself of the considerable freedom allowed .by the length of thechain, all without the halter becoming detached either from his neck orfrom the staple S, and the swivel in the plate P prevents all liabilityof twisting, so common and so disagreeable in farm and stable devices ofthis character.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. The staple S, reduced inthickness at one point at s, in combination with the hook H, having aturned-over point h, leaving a space h between said point and the shankof the hook, said space being just sufficient to admit the reducedportion of said staple, the body of said hook being extendedhorizontally beyond said lpoint to give it weight, all as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The chain G and the bar R, connected thereto, said bar comprising asquared body fr,a rounded portion/r', and a head r2, in coinbinationwith a plate P, centrally swiveled4 upon said rounded portion of the barbetween its body and head, and arope halter having its ends connected tothe opposite ends of said plate, substantially as hereinbefore setforth.

3. The plate P, having a single eye I near one end and a pair ofadjacent eyes I I near its other end, in combination with the rope C,tied into said single eye at one end, its other end being detachably andadj ustably tied into said pair of eyes, and with a chain G, connectedto said plate, the whole constructed and adapted for use substantiallyas herein described.

4. The staple S, reduced in thickness at one point, as at s, incombination with the improved halter herein described, said haltercomprising a hook H, whose point is open on the upper side of its bodyto a distance only equal to the thickness of the staple at its reducedpoint, a chain connected to the inner end of said hook, a bar R,connected to the other end of said chain, a plate P, centrally swiveledupon the outer end of said bar, and a rope C, tied to one end of saidplate and detachably connected to the other end thereof by an adjustableknot, substantially as herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

v JOHN B. MITCHELL.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. SAYWARD, WILLIAM A. MITCHELL.

